The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, will head Belgrade’s team in the continuing expert level dialogue with Pristina, which will take place tomorrow in Brussels, the Office announced on Monday.

The discussion will be held at the European External Action Service headquarters, and the agenda will include the use of ID cards issued by the Serbian police administration offices that are operating from outside the province, and implementation of the agreement on official visits.

Director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, said on Sunday that Serbia is "with its citizens in Kosovo." He urged them "not to worry, and turn out and vote in as great a number as possible and show Serb unity in the April 24 elections."

During the election campaign for the Serbian parliamentary elections, some leaders of political parties visited Kosovo, while entry into Kosovo  for others like the President of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Vojislav Seselj and the Chief of the Serbian General Staff, Ljubisa Dikovic, was denied in advance. The reasons, as Petrit Selimi, the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Government of Kosovo, says, are that they are war criminals and that they will never enter Kosovo.

Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric has reacted to the decision of Pristina authorities to ban him from entering Kosovo.

This news was announced during a Serb Progressive Party (SNS) convention in Gracanica on Wednesday.

Djuric, who is a member of the party's main board, did not attend due to the ban.

The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said yesterday that after 16 years a settlement for returnees will be built in northern Kosovo, between North Mitrovica and Zvečan/Zveqan, with three hundred modern and top-equipped houses for around 1200-1500 persons.

Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said that Pristina was not working to reach an agreement on the transport of dangerous substances during negotiations in Vienna.  He said that Belgrade does not create obstacles and barriers to the normal flow of trade and that the issue of the ban of trucks from Serbia, carrying dangerous substances, should be resolved through dialogue. “In my opinion all this is unnecessary and destructive,” said Djuric to the reporters in Belgrade.

Personal opinion of the Vice-President of the European Parliament and the Rapporteur for Kosovo is also the opinion shared by majority in the EP, as was frequently shown in debates and voting on my reports. And Mr. Djuric is aware of it, from our private and very good conversations that we also had, said Lunacke while commenting the latest statements of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric.

European Union is trying to assist in overcoming a trade dispute between Belgrade and Pristina, the spokesperson for EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ray stated.

The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, at today’s meeting with the Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade Simona-Mirela Miculescu, stressed that United Nations are the most important partner for Serbia and that role of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is irreplaceable.

Serbian Government's Kosovo Office  Director Marko Djuric has said that "Serbia is considering introducing reciprocal measures for trucks from Kosovo." According to Beta agency, he said this was the case because trucks from Serbia proper, including those with oil, continue to be blocked (at the administrative border).